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  1. Fuels propel 10.1% rise in retail sales for May despite volume drop
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The growth of Greece’s retail sales accelerated with 10.1 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise in May, after an increase of 4 percent in the previous month, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data.... The volume’s monthly movement was up by 3.3 percent. Compared to May 2025, automotive fuel was up

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  2. Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on May 25. It had initially been thought that the European elections would coincide with the first round of voting in the local polls but Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis confirmed over the weekend... on May 25 are well-founded. In the last local elections of 2010, voter participation stood

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  3. Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is the most likely outcome in Athens, where the big question will be who will join Kaminis on May 25... a significant part in the outcome of the EU elections on May 25. The government passed legislation a few... privatisation fund has already said it will disregard the plebiscite, while the Interior Ministry has

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  4. The education of Alexis Tsipras
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    Agora

    of change is blowing through Europe,” Iglesias told the crowd in rudimentary Greek. While that may have... Communist youth, may be sympathetic to the Left Platform’s views, he has also shown himself... smattering of women in his cabinet, Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis

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  5. Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    has already objected to the fact that the investigation will only seek to cover the period from May.... For the coalition, the inquiry may prove a welcome distraction for domestic media and public opinion... Pavlopoulos, who was interior minister in Karamanlis’s government and one of the former New Democracy’s

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  6. Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015

    Newsletters

    may utilise this additional 200 million. It remains unclear whether other state agencies will proceed... members and MPs, but he may now be reaching the point where he has to lead from the front. Economic... Sakellaridis also played down the comments from Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Labour Minister

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  7. SYRIZA's left wing ups pressure on Tsipras but PM retains authority for now
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    faction whose loyalty to Tsipras may be put under strain once a final agreement with lenders... developments may be a precursor to how SYRIZA will react when a deal with the eurozone and the IMF... liquidity problem. Earlier comments by Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis were in this direction. He

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  8. Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

    Newsletters

    last May. Although tax revenues outperformed their target by 769 million in 2015, new unpaid taxes... since May 2015 but far from the peak of 104.6 of June 2014. Nevertheless, economic sentiment has... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot

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  9. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    Agora

    improve its capabilities and that they may soon be returned. It is true that there have been some... borders properly and that its future in the Schengen area may be up for debate as it is not showing... to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière suggested in an interview earlier

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  10. Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    sensing that the coalition may be brought down by the collection of apparent scandals that have emerged... of the distinctive features it claims to have in comparison with the opposition. The pressure may ease up... concern about the developments, culminating in Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis suggesting

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